Chain-length-dependent relaxation scenarios in an oligomeric glass-forming system: From merged to well-separated α and β loss peaks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Mattson, J ^a   Bergman, R ^a   Jacobsson, P ^a   Borjesson L ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHAIN LENGTH DEPENDENT RELAXATION SCENARIOS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS FORMERS; OLIGOMERIC GLASS FORMING SYSTEM; RELAXATION TIME;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

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